Calgary Business Licenses with Location and Status Data

Calgary's licensed businesses are listed in this dataset from data.calgary.ca. It includes fields such as TRADENAME, ADDRESS, LICENCETYPES, FIRST_ISS_DT, and JOBSTATUSDESC. The data was last updated on April 3, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze business density and types across Calgary Communities and Ward Boundaries using COMDISTNM and LICENCETYPES.
• Track business license issuance and expiry trends over time using FIRST_ISS_DT and EXP_DT.
• Map business locations for spatial analysis using the POINT column and City Quadrants.
• Assess the operational status of businesses by filtering on JOBSTATUSDESC and HOMEOCCIND.

Strengths

• Includes geospatial coordinates (POINT column) for mapping applications.
• Contains multiple status and date columns (FIRST_ISS_DT, EXP_DT, JOBSTATUSDESC) for temporal analysis.
• Categorizes businesses by community (COMDISTNM) and ward (Ward Boundaries) for spatial aggregation.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.calgary.ca

Collection Method

Likely collected as part of municipal business licensing operations.

Time Range

Includes records from at least October 7, 1994, onward.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 04:34:40; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.